Sash weight



B. F. AUFDERHEIDE, SR.

SASH WEIGHT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, I922.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922;.

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SASH WEIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1922.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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SASH WEIGHT.

Application filed April 14, 1922.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Am DERHEIDE, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Sash eight, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sash weights which are adapted to operating one or more window sashes by a single weight; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a weight which is not liable to get stuck in the casing channel; second, to provide a weight which will facilitate the movement of one or the other, or both sashes, in the desired direction without interfering with the other; third, to provide a weightcapable of being readily made heavier or lighter to suit the varying weights of sashes; fourth, to provide a single weightsuitable to handling sashes of varying weights at the same time. v v

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanylng drawings, in which v Figure 1 is a side elevation of the sash weight, having a portion of one end cut away to disclose aside view of the mounted pulley, also showing the petty weights attached; Fig.2 is an edge elevation of the sash weight, disclosing the operatlon of the end pulley and having a portion cut away to disclose the manner of mounting the petty weights; F ig. 3 is a plan view at weight; Fig. 4: is a front view of the window, illustrating the manner of attachment and operation of the sash weight, without the petty weights; and Fig. 5, an edge view; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the sash weights, pulleys and window sash in operation.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

First, I provide a rectangular block 1, of any desired width and thickness, composed of any suitable material, and having outwardly across each of its ends and along each of its edges, bevels 3 4 12 and 12 reaching to the center of said ends and edges, the facet of said bevels being suitably sloping to facilitate the passage of the weight 1, upward and downward in the casing, when the channel of the casingis obstructed by any substances such as nails or plaster and to facilitate its manufacture; it will, however, be observed that the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug 15, 1922. Serial No. 552,479.

weight may be constructed with round or flat sides, edges and ends, or either, as desired. I

In one of the ends of said block 1, I provide a bifurcated slot 2, of suitable dimensions to admit the proper introduction and installation therein of a pulley 7, between jaws 3 and ,4, revolubl on aXle'G, which axle 6 is fixedly mounted in holes 5 and 53 provided in said jaws 3 and 4t. I

Suitably distanced between the ends of block 1, transversely from side to side therethrough I provide a rectangular opening 8, having its jamb, lintel and sill inwardly beveled 8 from each side to cen: ter, and having arranged across it from one jamb 12 to the other 12 saddle bars 10and 11, each having their tops, 10 and 11 and the middle ones having their bottoms, 10, beveled to center, and having perpendicular sides, 10 and 11 to facilitate the easy mounting of petty weights, 13, loosely thereon, as illustrated in Figs. land 2, as desired. v,

Said saddle bar 11 is made integral with end 12 and protrudes upwardly in opening 8 from sill 8 addle bars --10 andll are each made suitably narrower than the edges of weight 1, so that when a petty weight 13 is mounted thereon by means of its bifurcation let, the petty weight may notbe wider than the thickness 'of weight l, as shown in Fig. 2. a

.The jamb, lintel and sill of opening 8 are also beveled 8 .to facilitate the easy mounting thereon or removal therefromof petty weights 13.

Petty weight 13 consists of a rectangular block of any suitable substance of any thickness desired and of a width corresponding to the thickness of bars 10 and 11, and has one of its ends bifurcated 14, to correspond to the thickness of bars 10 and 11, said bifurcation having its inward end grooved 14 suitably to correspond with the upper beveled edge 10 of saddle bars 10 and 11, and as many of said petty weights may be used as occasion may requlre.

I claim 1. A sash weight of rectangular dimensions, the surfaces of its edges beveled to center, one of its ends bifurcated, the saidbifurcated end supporting a pulley revolubly installed within such bifurcation by weight 1,,and" its length is suitedto the space between saddle Saddle bars, Said axle means within holes provided in the jaws of said bifurcation; a transverse rectangular hole suitably disposed between the inward extremity of such bifurcation and the opposite end of such weight, said rectangular hole havingits jamb, lintel and sill beveled to center, said rectangular hole having multiple saddle bar members dis posed across it, one of which memberspro trudes upwardly from said sill, the other of said members being connectedly supported by the said jambs, said saddle bars having their edges beveled to center and perpendicular sides, a petty weight member having a bifurcation in one of its ends capable of being mounted upon said saddle bars within said transverse, opening, all further purposes specified. i v

2. In a sash weight of rectangular dimensions of any desired width and thickness,having its upper end bifurcated suitable for the installation of a pulley therein; said sash weight having, outwardly across each of its ends and along each of its edges, bevels reaching to the center of such ends and edges; said sash weight also having transversely from side to side, a rectangular hole, said hole disposed nearer the end, said rectangular hole having lintels, jambs. and sills, each having beveled'facets, said rectangular hole also having saddle bar members crossin it connecting said jambs, one of said sadd le bars being integral with the end of said weight, set in from each side of said end forming sills, protruding perpendicularly in said opening from such and, having itstop beveled to center, the others having their tops and bottoms beveled to center, their sides perpendicular, each saddle bar being suitably thinner than the thickness of the weight, to admit of the installation thereon of a thin petty weight within the line of said transverse hole; a petty weight installed upon one of said petty weight being thinner than its width, 1ts width corresponding to the thickness of the transverse opening, of length suitable to be installed or removed between the saddle bars, by means of a bifurcation provided in one end of said petty weight; the inner end of such bifurcation being conformable to the edge of a saddle bar.

3. In a sash weight of rectangular dimension, being wider than thick, having its top end bifurcated through its widest dimension, suitable for the installation of a pulley therein and a rectangular transverse hole in its side disposed parallel with its longer dimension below said bifurcation; said rectangular'transverse hole having its side and top beveled to center, its bottom having spaced upward from beveled sill portions, a saddle bar connectedly with its side walls; said saddle bar having perpendicular sides and having its top beveled to center; other saddle bars reaching across said rectangular transverse opening connectedly with its side walls, said saddle bars having their upper and nether sides beveled to center an having perpendicular sides; each of said saddle bars suitable for having installedthereon a petty weight having one of its ends bifurcated to conform to the dimensions of said saddle bars.

a. In a sash weight of rectangular dimensions, being wider than thick, having a bifurcation suitable for the installation of a pulley, provided parallel with its widest dimension, in its top end, and having a rectangular transverse hole through itsside, below said bifurcation, and saddle bars arranged across said'opening, capable of having a petty weight mounted thereon; a petty weight of rectangular dimension, being wider than thick, and having a bifurcation provided. in one of its ends, paralleling its narrower dimension, and of suitable length, havingits sidewalls and top formed conformable to the formation of the said saddle bars provided "across said right angular transverse opening through said sash weight, said petty weights capable of being mounted,by means of said bifurcation, upon said saddle bars, without any portion thereof extending outside of the lines of said rectangular transverse openin v BENJAMIN F. XUFDERl-IEIDE, Sr. Witnesses:

NEVA M O ADY, Roy F. STEWART.

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